Green Politics

Debbie Carlson
Aug 25th 2016 11:00AM
Photo Courtesy of BBC.Com
Renewable energy has made significant inroads into the U.S. energy system and even in the era of low fossil fuel prices, costs for solar and wind installations are down dramatically.
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, the solar...

Jeffrey Gutman (Cover Photo) and Nirav Patel Monday, August 15, 2016
While cities worldwide continue to see rising levels of economic growth and inequality, inclusivity has emerged as a key goal for global leaders looking to encourage more sustainable urban development. The United Nations has outlined...

By Colin I. Bradford
“The Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a ‘safe operating space’ for human beings,” concludes a paper by 18 researchers “trying to gauge the breaking points in the natural world,” published in Science in January 2015. That our planetary...

By Laura Parker PUBLISHED July 14, 2016
Underground water is being pumped so aggressively around the globe that land is sinking, civil wars are being waged, and agriculture is being transformed.
Cover Photograph by Manish Swarup, AP--A shepherd drinks water on the dry bed of Manjara Dam,...

By William Sosinsky June 20th 2016
Steven Lee is on a mission. Unlike other 23 year olds who spend their time going out with friends or starting a new job, Steven is setting out to change the minds and attitudes of his countrymen about climate change....

By Graham Readfearn Wednesday 8 June 2016 Cover Photograph: Essential Media
Policies and rhetoric around the Great Barrier Reef have rarely matched reality as the natural wonder suffers under the stress of pollution
Coral bleaching at Loomis Reef, off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
In late November...

By RACHEL NUWERJUNE 20, 2016
A picture of Berta Cáceres placed at an altar during a demonstration outside Honduras’ embassy in Mexico City on June 15. CreditEduardo Verdugo/Associated Press
On March 3, two armed men entered the home of Berta Cáceres, an environmental activist in Honduras, and shot her dead. For...

New dietary guidelines could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1bn tonnes by 2030, and could lessen country’s problems with obesity and diabetes China now consumes 28% of the world’s meat, including half of its pork.
Oliver Milman Monday 20 June 2016
Photograph: Wong Campion/Reuters
The Chinese government has...

Earth Guardians Tribe April 8th 2016
Yesterday, the Federal District Court in Oregon rejected the appeals by the oil and gas industry and decided in favor of the 21 youth climate leaders in their landmark constitutional climate change case brought against the federal government. This is unprecedented!
The judge's...

Nika Knight, Common Dreams | March 17, 2016 9:43 am | Comments
Another member of Berta Cáceres’ Indigenous rights group was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants on Tuesday, following a violent eviction of Indigenous people from their land.
Nelson Garcia, a father of five and community leader, was shot four times in the...